2016: the #YearofDune

2016: the #YearofDune

My son recently introduced me to The Dune Saga Podcast which is a podcast ran by Scott Herzog, David Moulton, and Jim Arrowood and is a venue where they wonderfully explore the Dune saga through its controversial chronological order.

This podcast began earlier this year and I unfortunately discovered it too late because they have just completed the reading of the final book in the saga.

Intrigued by the concept, I am dubbing 2016 as the #YearofDune and I will be personally reading (mostly re-reading) the entire saga myself, in its chronological order, and making comments on each of the books and short stories. If you would like to join me in this endeavor, I plan to use the Twitter hashtag #YearofDune and the following reading schedule:

JANUARY

Hunting Harkonnens (short story contained in The Road to Dune)

The Butlerian Jihad

Whipping Mek (short story contained in The Road to Dune)

FEBRUARY

The Machine Crusade

The Faces of a Martyr (short story contained in The Road to Dune)

The Battle of Corrin

MARCH

The Sisterhood of Dune

Mentats of Dune

APRIL

House Atreides

House Harkonnen

MAY

House Corrino

Paul of Dune (Parts II, IV, and VI)

Wedding Silk (short story contained in Dune eBook short story collection Tales of Dune)

The Winds of Dune (Part II)

A Whisper of Caladan Seas (short story contained in The Road to Dune)

JUNE

Dune

Paul of Dune (Parts I, III, V, and VII)

JULY

The Winds of Dune (Part IV)

The Road to Dune (short story by Frank Herbert contained in the short story collection Eye

Dune Messiah

AUGUST

The Winds of Dune (Parts I, III, and V)

Children of Dune

SEPTEMBER

God Emperor of Dune

Heretics of Dune

OCTOBER

Sea Child (short story contained in The Road to Dune)

Chapterhouse: Dune

NOVEMBER

Hunters of Dune

Treasure in the Sand (short story contained in the Dune eBook short story collection Tales of Dune)